diff --git a/src/obiview.c b/src/obiview.c
index f2c741f..456f22b 100755
--- a/src/obiview.c
+++ b/src/obiview.c
@@ -2910,7 +2910,7 @@ int obi_clean_unfinished_views(OBIDMS_p dms)
 		if ((dp->d_name)[0] == '.')
 			continue;
 		i=0;
-		while ((dp->d_name)[i] != '.')
+		while (strncmp((dp->d_name)+i, ".obiview", 8))
 			i++;
 		relative_path = (char*) malloc(strlen(VIEW_DIR_NAME) + strlen(dp->d_name) + 2);
 		strcpy(relative_path, VIEW_DIR_NAME);